Al-Qamishli

Qamishli is a city in the , on the border with Turkey, facing the city of on the side of the border.
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  • Type: City with 184,000 residents
  • Description: city in northeastern Syria
  • Also known as: “Al Qamishli”, “Al-Kamishly”, “Kamechlie”, “Kamichlieh”, “Kamishli”, “Qāmeshli”, “Qamichlīyah”, “Qamichlîyé”, “Qamishli”, “Qāmishlīyah”, “Qamishlo”, and “Qamişlo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis and Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex.

Church
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Mar Yakov Church or Mor Yakup Church, also known as the Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis, is a historic church in , southeastern . Archaeological excavations revealed that the 4th-century church building was originally the baptistery of a cathedral, which no longer exists.

Mosque
Zeynel Abiddin Mosque Complex is a historic religious building complex in , , southeastern . It is located in the Nusaybin district of at.

Sports venue
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is a multipurpose in the Syrian city of Qamishli. It is mostly used for football matches and is home to the Syrian 1st Division football club Al-Jihad SC. It has a capacity of 10,000 spectators.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nusaybin and Çatalözü.

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is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,079 km2, and its population is 115,586. The city is populated by Kurds of different tribal affiliation.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . The village is populated by Kurds of the Koçekan tribe and had a population of 2,289 in 2021.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . The village had a population of 207 in 2021.

Al-Qamishli

Latitude
37.0496° or 37° 2′ 59″ north
Longitude
41.2307° or 41° 13′ 50″ east
Population
184,000
Elevation
454 metres (1,490 feet)
IATA airport code
KAC
Open location code
8H9326XJ+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130187624
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
173377
Wiki­data ID
Q212757
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Al-Qamishli” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القامشلو”
  • Arabic: “القامشلي”
  • Arabic: “قامشلو”
  • Arabic: “قامشلي”
  • Arabic: “قاميشلو”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Կամիշլի”
  • Armenian: “Կամիշլի”
  • Armenian: “Քամիշլի”
  • Asturian: “Qamishli”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qamışlı”
  • Basque: “Qamishli”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Камышлы”
  • Bulgarian: “Камишли”
  • Catalan: “AlQamixli”
  • Catalan: “Qamishli”
  • Catalan: “Qamixli”
  • Cebuano: “Al Qāmishlī”
  • Central Kurdish: “قامشلۆ”
  • Central Kurdish: “قامیشلۆ”
  • Central Kurdish: “قامیشلی”
  • Chinese: “加米什利”
  • Chinese: “卡米什利”
  • Classical Syriac: “ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝ̈ܢ”
  • Classical Syriac: “ܩܡܫܠܐ”
  • Croatian: “Kamišli”
  • Czech: “Kámišlí”
  • Czech: “Qámišlí”
  • Danish: “Al-Qamishli”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Qamışli”
  • Dutch: “Al Qamishli”
  • Dutch: “Al-Qamishli”
  • Dutch: “Kamishli”
  • Dutch: “Qamishili”
  • Dutch: “Qamishli”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القامشلى”
  • Esperanto: “Al-Kamiŝli”
  • Esperanto: “Kamiŝli”
  • Estonian: “Al-Qāmishlī”
  • Finnish: “Kamishli”
  • French: “Al-Qamishli”
  • French: “Kamechli”
  • French: “Qamichli”
  • Georgian: “ელ-კამიშლი”
  • German: “al-Kamischli”
  • German: “Al-Qamishli”
  • German: “El Qamishliye”
  • German: “Kamischli”
  • German: “Kamishly”
  • German: “Kamislo”
  • German: “Qamischli”
  • German: “Qamishli”
  • German: “Qamislo”
  • German: “Qamişlo”
  • German: “ܒܝܬ ܙܐܠܝܢ”
  • Greek: “Καμισλί”
  • Hebrew: “אל-קאמשלי”
  • Hebrew: “קמישלי”
  • Hebrew: “קמשלי”
  • Hindi: “अल कमीशली”
  • Hindi: “कामिश्लि”
  • Hindi: “कामिश्ली”
  • Hungarian: “Kamisli”
  • Hungarian: “Kámisli”
  • Ido: “Qamishli”
  • Indonesian: “Qamishli”
  • Italian: “al-Qamishli”
  • Italian: “Al-Qamishli”
  • Italian: “Kamichlié”
  • Italian: “Kāmishlī”
  • Italian: “Kamishlié”
  • Italian: “Qamishli”
  • Italian: “Qamishlo”
  • Italian: “Qamişlo”
  • Japanese: “カーミシュリー”
  • Japanese: “カミシュリー”
  • Japanese: “カミシリ”
  • Javanese: “Qamishli”
  • Korean: “카므실리”
  • Korean: “카미실리”
  • Kurdish: “Qamişlo”
  • Kurdish: “Qamişlo‎”
  • Kurdish: “قامشلۆ”
  • Kurdish: “ܒܝܬ ܙܐܠܝܢ”
  • Lithuanian: “Al Kamišlis”
  • Lithuanian: “Kamišlis”
  • Malay: “Kamishli”
  • Malay: “Kamishly”
  • Malay: “Qamishli”
  • Malay: “Qamishly”
  • Mazanderani: “قامشلی”
  • Northern Kurdish: “قامشلۆ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qamishli”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qamishli”
  • Norwegian: “Qamishli”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܝܬ ܙܐܠܝܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝ̈ܢ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܩܐܡܫܠܝ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܩܡܫܠܐ”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܩܡܫܠܝ”
  • Persian: “قامشلی”
  • Polish: “Al-Kamiszli”
  • Polish: “Al-Qamishli”
  • Polish: “Kamiszli”
  • Polish: “Qamischli”
  • Portuguese: “Al-Qamishli”
  • Romanian: “Qamishli”
  • Russian: “Аль-Камишли”
  • Russian: “Эль-Камышлы”
  • Scots: “Qamishli”
  • Serbian: “Камишли”
  • Silesian: “Al-Kamiszli”
  • Slovenian: “Kamišli”
  • Spanish: “Al Qamishli”
  • Spanish: “Qamishli”
  • Swedish: “Al Qamishli”
  • Swedish: “Al-Qamishli”
  • Swedish: “Al-Qāmišlī”
  • Swedish: “Alqamishly”
  • Swedish: “Kamishli”
  • Swedish: “Kamishly”
  • Swedish: “Qamishli”
  • Tajik: “Qamişli”
  • Tajik: “Қамишли”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “القامشلي”
  • Turkish: “El-Kamışlı”
  • Turkish: “Kamışlı”
  • Turkish: “Qamişlo”
  • Ukrainian: “Камишли”
  • Urdu: “قامشلی”
  • Uzbek: “Qamishli”
  • Vietnamese: “Al-Qamishli”
  • Vietnamese: “Qamishli”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Qamishli”
  • Western Armenian: “Գամիշլի”

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